Nikon may drop film compacts in another year

http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1087377142.html

Not SLRs though

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http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1087377142.html

Not SLRs though


Nikon never was a compelling choice for compact film cameras.

"Tony Spadaro" wrote in news:1P3Ac.52764
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http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1087377142.html

Not SLRs though

The article reminds me of how we probably are with digital cameras today
compaired to how the Canon AE1 sold when it came out. It's going to be
very interesting to see how digital cameras operate in 20 years.



Barney

The article reminds me of how we probably are with digital cameras today
compaired to how the Canon AE1 sold when it came out. It's going to be
very interesting to see how digital cameras operate in 20 years.

Barney


Barney, please elaborate...

"Tony Spadaro" wrote:

Nikon may drop film compacts in another year

Not SLRs though


Nikon was never anyone's first choice for compact p+s cameras, so this
is no great surprise. No great loss either.

Olympus and Pentax have far better ranges. For that reason, their
35mm p+s production will survive rather longer.

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http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1087377142.html

Not SLRs though

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Nikon was never anyone's first choice for compact p+s cameras, so this
is no great surprise. No great loss either.

Olympus and Pentax have far better ranges. For that reason, their
35mm p+s production will survive rather longer.


Hopefully not too much longer.

(Ted Azito) wrote:


Nikon was never anyone's first choice for compact p+s cameras, so this
is no great surprise. No great loss either.

Olympus and Pentax have far better ranges. For that reason, their
35mm p+s production will survive rather longer.


Hopefully not too much longer.


I am sure they hope *you* don't survive too much longer.

;-)

(Sabineellen) wrote in
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The article reminds me of how we probably are with digital cameras
today compared to how the Canon AE1 sold when it came out. It's going
to be very interesting to see how digital cameras operate in 20 years.


Barney


Barney, please elaborate...

Simply that the 35mm film camera system itself is pretty standardized
and any improvements on it are very very small or can be of little gain
of quality based on design. The lens quality is still improving as time
goes on, however the camera system that the lens goes on is going to be
about as good as they get.

The AE1 camera without looking at the electronic part of it is still a
very fine camera system today (and many people still use it today)
however the ELECTRONIC part of it is still improving OR if anything the
FEATURES of it change throughout the years.

The digital 35mm camera systems are still basically new and remind me of
when the AE1 first came out. The camera part of the digital cameras is
of pretty basic design, however it's the electronics part of it that's
going to be drastically different in 20 years (being the most important
part about digital cameras) AND will be even more different than the
electronic parts of a regular 35mm film camera today when compared to
the first AE1.

Barney

I didn't know camera production lines were sentinent beings. If so, I
imagine they would be relieved to make good cameras instead of Piece
of **** boxes. Could I recommend the SLR Olympus Pen perhaps or an M
Leica compatible?